Accountant

Kip Happy Stays Head Office (Remote)

At Kip Happy Stays, we’re passionate pet people running a national network of boarding kennels and doggy daycares. While our furry guests are at the heart of everything we do, it takes a team of people working together behind the scenes and on the ground to keep our operations running smoothly.

We’re now on the lookout for a skilled and proactive Accountant to join our Finance team. Reporting to the Financial Controller, this role combines payroll and accounting responsibilities, ensuring our team members are supported and our business runs efficiently. If you’re detail-oriented, collaborative, and have strong payroll knowledge and experience, this could be the perfect opportunity. This position primarily works remotely, with travel for meetings from time to time. 

Responsibilities & Duties

• Manage end-to-end payroll processing and reporting for a multi-site workforce.
• Interpret and apply Awards and payroll legislation accurately.
• Perform payroll reconciliation, superannuation processing, and statutory reporting.
• Respond to payroll queries from employees.
• Complete month-end journals, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Project cost accounting, other tasks and analysis as required.

About You

Taking lead responsibility for our fortnightly payroll process, it’s important that the successful candidate for this role brings previous payroll experience and knowledge. Our ideal candidate will have:

• A tertiary qualification in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a similar role with proven end-to-end payroll experience.
• Strong understanding of Australian payroll legislation and a demonstrated ability to interpret and apply Awards.
• Advanced Excel and reporting skills.
• Experience with Employment Hero Payroll/Keypay software is highly regarded.
• Familiarity with accounting systems; experience with NetSuite is a plus.
• Ability to meet strict reporting deadlines.
• Excellent communication, organisation and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to work autonomously and prioritise tasks effectively.

Why Kip Happy Stays?

• Did someone say pets?
• Enjoy up to 50% off on shop items and our boarding and daycare services.
• A structured induction program to set you up to succeed. 
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that supports our employees with free confidential counselling services. 
• Work with like-minded people in a fun and exciting business with a well-established reputation and brand. 
• A generous Employee Referral Program where you can earn up to $3000 per person when you recommend exceptional people that we onboard at Kip Happy Stays.

How to apply

Please submit your resume along with a cover letter outlining your experience and why you would be a great fit for the role.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to complete a one-way video interview as the first stage of our recruitment process.

We look forward to reviewing your application!

Please note we are not accepting applications from third-party agencies or recruiters.